The term baduy is a short form derived from baduyut in Baduy language, it is the native Sundanesic term which refers to the endemic vine plant in western hemisphere of Java island which are usually used as herbal medicine since ancient times. As part of Sundanesic family, the term baduyut also known in Old Sundanese and Sundanese languages which bears the same meaning; the Cibaduyut region in the Sundanese cultural land region may derived from the same etymology. It is likely that in ancient times, there was once a river called the Baduyut River, because the term Cibaduyut . itself literally means 'Baduyut River' in Sundanese language; so it is very possible if this tribe was once named after the name of that river. However, the Baduy people sometimes would prefer to be called as Urang Kanekes (lit. 'Kanekes people') or Urang Cibeo (lit. 'Cibeo people') instead; which are the names based on their cultural regions or villages
There are also a theory which suggested that the term baduy was initially an exonym given by outsiders to refer these tribal group, which expected from the Dutch observers that might have thought to equate them with the nomadic community of the Bedouin Arabs.
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